Are you looking to take your career to new heights with a leader in healthcare? SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is one of the nation's leading metropolitan medical centers. As the only academic medical center in Brooklyn, we serve a large population that is among the most diverse in the world. We are also highly-ranked by Castle Connolly Medical, a healthcare rating company for consumers, among the top 5 leading U.S. medical schools for training doctors.

Bargaining Unit:

UUP

Job Summary:

The Midwifery Program in the School of Health Professions at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking an hourly/part-time Adjunct Instructor. Responsibilities and duties will include:

• Teaching the following course: Basic Health Skills, MIDW-4001 at the graduate level for midwifery students who are not nurses. The course includes the following topics:
  • Vital Signs & BP
  • Catheterization
  • Medications, including SC and IM injections Managing IV Therapy
  • Phlebotomy
  • Sterile technique and wound care
• The course is 40 hours, flexibility in hours teaching includes didactic instruction, supervising laboratory practice, and assessing students ability the skills and the skills with a Competency Performance Examination for each topic.

Required Qualifications:

• New York State Licensed Nurse Practitioner, Registered Nurse, Midwife or Physician Assistant. 
• Master's Degree or higher.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1 year of classroom teaching experience.

Work Schedule:

Variable Days; Variable Hours (Hourly/Part-Time)

Salary Grade/Rank:

Salary Range:

Commensurate with experience and qualifications

Executive Order:

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation.  If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

Women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities and members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact Human Resources at ada@downstate.edu